Safety hasp for sliding closures



April 26, SWEANEY ET AL 2,468,575

SAFETY HASP FOR SLIDING CLOSURES Filed March 21, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventory QW 4QMW A Ila rn ey:

April 1949- SWEANEY' ET AL 2,468,575

SAFETY HASP FOR SLIDING CEOSURES Filed March 21, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Invent/"' A H0 meys Patented Apr. 26, 1949 1/ s s SAFETY HASP FOR SLIDING CLOSURES Isaac Sweaney and William C. Hutchinson, V

Seminole, Okla.

Application March 21, 1947, Serial No. 736,134

This invention relates to an improved construction of safety hasp capable of being utilized either for locking two relatively sliding closures to prevent the opening of either closure while the hasp is in a locked position or for locking a single sliding closure.

: More particularly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a safety locking hasp which is so constructed that removal of the locked hasp is rendered substantially impossible so as to prevent unauthorized opening of the closures by such a .method.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a locking hasp including a locking element capable of functioning for effectively locking one or a plurality of closures and which is disposed, when the hasp is in a locked position, so that said locking element is completely concealed and so that access thereto can not be obtained thereby eifectively to prevent unauthorized opening of the closure or closures.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawings, illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view showing portions of two doors or closures of the sliding type held in locked position by the locking hasp;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

a I Figure 4 is a view looking from the inner toward the outer side of the locked closures;

Figure 5 is a side elevational view showing the hasp in an unlocked position;

. ,:-Referring more particularly to the drawings,

for the purpose of illustrating a preferred use of the safety locking hasp, designated generally I0 and comprising the invention, adjacent portions of two sliding closures are illustrated in the drawings and are designated generally I I and 12; The closures Land I 2 are adapted to close 2 40mins. (01.29'2-205) an entrance and exit. or other opening of any suitable enclosure, not shown, such as a building, showcase, freight car, etc., and said closures each include a frame which frames are provided with inner end bars I3 and I4, respectively, which are disposed in overlapping relationship, as best seen in Figure 3, when said closures II and I2 are in closed position. As best seen in Figures 2 and 8, the bars I3 and I4 are provided with elongated openings I5 and I6, respectively, which extend longitudinally thereof andwhich are disposed to align when the bars are in overlapping relationship as seen in Figure '3.

The safety locking hasp Ill includes two leaves I"! and I8 which are hingedly connected, as seen at I9, at complementary ends thereof. The hinge leaf 1! is adapted to be secured to the outer side of the bar I3 of the outer closure II and longitudinally thereof by means of a plurality of fastenings 20, adjacent each end thereof. Said stationary hinge leaf I] is provided adjacent the end thereof, remote to the hinge I9, with an outwardly projecting staple 2| which is formed integral therewithor rigidly secured thereto. The hinge leaf I1 is also provided with a longitudinally disposed, elongated opening 22, corresponding in shape to the openings I5 and IS and of the same size as said openings and which is disposed to register with the opening I5 as best illustrated in Figure 8."

As best seen in Figures 5, 6, 7 and 9, the hasp leaf I8 is provided intermediate of its ends with a pair of ears 23 which project from the side thereof corresponding to the side of the leaf I! from which the staple 2| projects and which are transversely spaced and apertured to receive a pivot pin 24. A locking pin or bolt 25 is provided with a restricted apertured end 26 which is disposed between the ears 23 and through which the pin 24 extends for pivotally'mounting the locking pin 25 on the'hasp leaf I8. Leaf I8 is provided with a transversely disposed elongated opening 21 adjacent its free end and which is disposed to receive the staple 2I when the hasp leaf I8 is swung upwardly and positioned against the leaf IT, as seen in Fi ures 1 to 3.

The locking pin or bolt 25 is'disposed so that when the leaf I8 is swung upwardly, as seen in Figure 7, the pin 25 may be swung outwardly to pass through the openings 22, I5 and i5 as the leaf I8 moves into engagement with the leaf I1 and as the staple 2I-passes through the opening 21. A conventional padlock'28 is then applied ,in' a conventional manner to the staple 2! for securing the hasp leaf I8 against the leaf I! so that the pin 25 will be retained in engagement with the openings 22, f and I6, as best seen in Figures 2, 3 and 9, for securely locking the closure frame bars I3 and I4 together so that neither of the closures II or I2 can be slid to an open position until the padlock 23 is removed and the hasp leaf 18 returned to depending, inoperative position of Figures 5 and 6. In said last mentioned position, the pin 25 will swing downwardly to lie against the leaf l8 so as not to form a pro truding projection upon which clothes might be torn or other damage done.

It will be readily obvious that whenthe hasp leaves I! and it are secured in abutting engagement by the padlock 28, that the leaf l t willcover the fastenings 20 to prevent tampering therewith or removal thereof so as to render it substantially impossible to unlock or open the closures H and I2 without removing the padlock 28.

If desired, the safety locking hasp It may also be utilized as a means for locking a single sliding closure in which case the bar It would represent one side rail of the frame opening. closed by the door or closure carrying the hasp It. Further, the safety locking hasp I50 could be utilized for locking sliding closures where it might be desired to permit opening of the closures from the inner side in the case of emergency and which could be accomplished by providing the locking pin 25 of alength less than the length of the openings l5 and t6 so that saidpin could be swung upwardly in the opening it to release both closures H and F2- to permit them to he slid to open positions from the inner side of said closures and without removing the padlock 28 or, if it is desired to prevent opening of the closures in this manner, the pin 25 may be formed of such a length as to prevent it from being passed through the opening It while the leaf l 8- is retained adjacent the leaf H by the padlock 28.

Various other modifications and changes are likewise contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

We claim as our invention:

1. A locking hasp comprising a pair of leaves hlngedly connectedin end-to-end relationship, one of said leaves being adapted to be fixedly secured to a portion of a sliding closure and provided with an outwardly projecting staple and an elongated opening, said opening being adapted to register with corresponding registering open-- ings in said closure and in a member overlapped by the closure when the latter is in a closed position, said other hasp leaf being swl'nga'bl y mounted relatively to the fixed hasp leaf and having an opening therein for receiving said staple when the haspleaves are disposed one against the other and whereby said leaves may be locked in substantially abutting engagement by a padlock or the like secured to said staple, outwardly of said swingably mounted leaf, and said swingabl'y mounted leaf having a locking pin projecting therefrom and disposed for movement through the openings of the fixed leaf, closure and overlapped member, when the hasp leaves are moved into abutting engagement for locking said closure and the overlapped member against relative sliding movement, said locking pin being pivotally supported on the swingably mounted hasp leaf.

2. A locking hasp comprising apair of leaves hingedly connected in end to-en'd relationship,

one of said leaves being adapted to be fixedly secured to a portion of a sliding closure and provided with an outwardly projecting staple and an elongated opening, said opening being adapted to register with corresponding registering openings in said closure and in a member overlapped by the closure when the latter is in a closed position, said other hasp leaf being swingably mounted relatively to the fixed hasp leaf and having an opening therein for receiving said staple when the hasp leaves are disposed one against the other and whereby said leaves may be locked in substantially abutting engagement by a padlock or the like secured to said staple, outwardly of said swingably mounted leaf, and said swingably mounted leaf having a locking pin projecting therefrom and disposed for movement through the openings of the fixed leaf, clcsure and overlapped member, when the hasp leaves are moved into abutting engagement for locking said closure and the overlapped member against relative sliding movement, the opening of said fixed hasp leaf being disposed longitudinally thereof and said locking pin being pivotally connected to the swingably mounted hasp leaf.

3. A locking hasp comprising a pair of leaves hingedly connected in end-to-end relationship, one of said leaves being adapted to be fixedly secured to a portion of a sliding closure and provided with an outwardly projecting staple and elongated opening/said opening being adapted to register with corresponding registering openings in said closure and ina member overlapped by the closure when the latter is in a closed position, said other hasp leaf being swingably mounted relatively to the fixed hasp leaf and having an opening therein for receiving said staple when the hasp leaves are disposed one against the other and whereby said leaves may be locked in substantially abutting engagement by a padlock or the like secured to said staple, outwardly of said swingably mounted leaf, and said swingably mounted leaf having a locking pin projecting therefrom and disposed for movement through th openings of the fixed leaf,- closure and overlapped member, when the hasp leaves are moved into abutting engagement for locking said closure and the overlapped member against relative sliding movement, said swingabl y mounte'd hasp leaf having transversely spaced ears projccting from one side thereof, and a pivot pin extending through said ears and through a portion of the locking pin for swingably mounting the locking pinon said last mentioned hasp leaf.

4. A hasp as in claim 2, said opening of the fixed hasp leaf, closure and overlapped member being vertically disposed; said locking pin being mounted on the swinging hasp to be normally disposed adjacent the bottoms of said openings and being of a length to swing upwardly and out of engagement with the opening of the overlapped member when the has-p leaves are in abutting engagement.

ISAAC SVVEANEY. WILLIAM C. HUTCHINSON'.

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